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Sept. 25, 1928. 1,685,190

J. T. CURTIS HAT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Oct. 17, 1927 Zjwuentoz Patented Sept 25, 1928.

warren stares JOSEPH T. CURTIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Application filed October 17, 1927. Serial No. 226,658.

My invention relates to hats and the method of making the same and has for its object to provide an improvement in ladies hats or toques.

I-leretofore it has usually been the custom to term the close iittin hats or toques so much in vogue in recent years, from a number of pieces of material lit-ted together and stitched in shape, each finished model being a certain size.

My improved device consists in the novel arrangement of fabric or other material so as to do away with such intricate patterns, my hat being formed approximately from a single piece of fabric and at the same time is self-fitting and easily and quickly adjusted to conform to the head and neckline of the wearer, and when in place, makes an attractiye hat oi? the draped style, which may be mane of various materials to suit the individual taste.

In the drawings illustrating this invention, like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 represents the blank cut from the material. of wliich the hatis to be made:

Figure 2 shows the blank i'olded ready to be secured together:

Figure 3 is a c oss section on line of Figure 2.

Figure l shows the completed hat as worn on the head of a person.

The blank or body of the hat 1 is cut from the fabric in rectangular shape, which is then folded with the side edges meeting together. The closed edge of the body is then cut in a circular line trom the point 5 to the point 9, as illustrated in Figure 2.

Having now cut the material in the desired shape, the open edges (3 and 7 oi? the shaped in nterial are secured together by stitching or other suitable means.

A band 8 of fabric or other suitable material is secured to the inside of the lower edge of the hat and may be reinforced at 10 it desired by any suitable stifiening material to prevent the lower edge of this hat from stretching out of shape.

After the pieces forming the body portion of the hat have been secured together and turned, a loop or tab 3 of the same or contrastin g material is sccnrcd to the lower outside eo oi: the hat, achacent the vertical seam as indicated at 1.1, one end oi this loop being secured near one side of the seam and the other end being secured at a greater distance to the opposite side of the seam, the end of the loop nearest the seam lying at an angle of about with respect to the bottom oi? the hat, as illustrated in Figure 4. O the top of the hat ontoque, at o, though tire loop or tab 3, the hat 1s ad usted to tit the head oi the wearer, and by this sample adjustment of the hat, all surplus space 1n the top of the device is disposed of and it then becomes unnecessary to pull the hat so far down upon the head as to r ender it uncoinjtortable, which is frequently the case with the styles in small hats already on the market.

i'l lflllc l have specified a certain shape of hat and have illustrated the adjusting loop in a certain position I do not desire to be limited to these pa icular illustrations out my device as these details may be changed without departing troin the spirit of my inventron.

Having thus descril; d my invention, what I cla m new and desire to protect by Letters ratcnt, is: I

head covering cut in a single piece from nurterial to term the hody portion of the hat when folded together, means for securing the top and side edges toereoi', and a loop attached to the lower edge of the body oi? the head covering through which the top of said ad cowring is drawn to regulate the height 1. said head cowering.

In witness whereof I have signed my name this 7th day of October, 1927. I

JOSEPH 'l. CURTI. 

